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Mr. Fred H. Langhammer is the Chairman of Global Affairs at The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since July 1, 2004. Mr. Langhammer served as the Chief Executive Officer of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. from 2000 to July 01, 2004 and served as its President from 1995 to July 01, 2004. He served as the Chief Operating Officer at Estee Lauder Companies Inc. from 1985 to 1999. He served as President of operations in Japan at The Estée Lauder Companies from 1975 to 1982. He ... joined in in 1975 and served as an Executive Vice President of The Estée Lauder Companies from 1985 to 1995. He served as Managing Director of operations in Germany at The Estee Lauder Companies from 1982 to 1985. He serves as a Vice Chairman at RWL Water Group. He has been a Director of RJR Acquisition Corp. since 1998. He has been a Director of The Walt Disney Company since 2005. He serves as a Director of the Walt Disney Company. He serves as an Advisor at New Mountain Capital, LLC. He serves as a Member of Board of Advisors at Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC. He serves as a Member of the Board of Directors and Member of Advisory Board at Invision Private Equity AG. He serves as a Director of Inditex S.A. Mr. Langhammer serves as a Director of German-American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. and Japan Society. He serves as a Member of Strategic Advisory Board of Bridge Growth Partners, LLC. He is a Chairman Emeritus and Co-Chairman and Director of American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He serves as a Board Member of German American Chamber of Commerce. Prior to joining Estée Lauder, he was the General Manager at Dodwell Japan. He served as a Director of Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. from December 8, 2009 to March 14, 2014. He served as a Director of RSL Communications, Ltd. since September 1997. He served as a Director of Nabisco Holdings Corp. since 1999. He served as a Director of the European Equity Fund, Inc. He served as a Director of Nabisco Inc. and Nabisco Group Holdings Corp. He served as a Director of Estee Lauder Companies Inc. from 1996 to July 01, 2004 and AIG Aviation, Inc. from 2006 to 2008. He served as a Director of The Gillette Company since 2003. He served as a Director of The Central Europe, Russia and Turkey Fund, Inc. (formerly Central Europe & Russia Fund Inc.) since May 09, 2003. He served as a Director at Shinsei Bank, Limited from June 24, 2005 to June 23, 2009. Mr. Langhammer served as a Director of Industria de Diseno Textil SA until June 9, 2005. He served as a Director of American International Group, Inc. from January 18, 2006 to October 28, 2008. He received the Foreign Policy Association's Global Social Responsibility Award on behalf of it and was also honored by the International Center in New York. Mr. Langhammer is also a senior fellow of the Foreign Policy Association. He studied in Germany, Canada, and Japan.

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